CVE-2020-37237 (GCVE-0-2020-37237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-16 15:25 – Updated: 2026-05-24 01:36
VLAI
Title
Composr CMS 10.0.34 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via banners
Summary
Composr CMS 10.0.34 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts through the banner management interface. Attackers with admin credentials can inject XSS payloads in the Description field of the Add banner functionality, which execute for all website visitors when they access the home page.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Compo Composr CMS Affected: 10.0.34
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Date Public
2020-12-03 00:00
Credits
Parshwa Bhavsar
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